THE WEEK THAT WAS - VW 'emissions' rumbles on

Not necessarily a pride point: we learned this week that VW's diesel engine emissions fix will result in India's largest recall

The Volkswagen group 'emissions scandal' rumbled on this week as more skeletons were rattled out of closets. There's bound to be a few more when the automotive equivalent of the Spanish inquisition starts internally, following this week's report that "around 50" employees have come forward just ahead of the deadline to testify in the group's internal investigation into the emissions controls cheating scandal. Employees had been given until Monday to come forward to testify without fear of repercussions - on the part of VW.

VW, naturally, was eyed in this week's November sales reports which were pretty upbeat both for the United States (check out Volvo) and the United Kingdom where, on our home patch, October's dip was just a blip and year on year rises returned last month though some slowdown is expected next year.

Our interview with Kia on hydrogen attracted a lot of interest this week, and considerable debate on social media, and there was also much interest in BMW's announcement UK buyers can now do the entire new car purchase process online. How far away is the virtual test drive?

Automakers sharing light commercial vehicle models is a well honed practice here in Europe and the two partners in one of the more recent deals seem happy - Toyota and PSA have announced they'll continue with a new generation that will include passenger toting MPVs.